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FoodStandardsAmendment (TruthinLabelling—PalmOil) Bill2011

Previous citations:

Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2010

Type

Private

Originating house

Senate

Status

Not Proceeding

Sponsor

XENOPHON, Sen Nick; BROWN, Sen Bob

Summary

Amends the: FoodStandards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 to require FoodStandards Australia New Zealand to develop and approve labellingstandards to be used by food producers, manufacturers and distributors of food containg palmoil; and Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to include the use of palmoilin the characteristics of any goods for the purposes of misleading conduct as to the nature of goods.

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